Does anyone know of any Nyingma teachers in the northeast? There is the Padmasambhava center in NY, but besides that the northeast seems to be bereft of Nyingma centers. I have been a practicing Kagyu for over ten years, and have recieved some Palyul teachings and empowerments. I would like to make a stronger connection with the Nyingma lineage and it doesn't look like I will be able to afford a plane ticket out west anytime soon. Does anybody know if Tulku Thondup grants interviews with students? Thank you all in advance.

In addition to the Orgyen Cho Dzong center you linked to at http://www.tersar.org there's also the NYC gompa which HH Dudjom Rinpoche established and lived at named Yeshe Nyingpo which is one of the current residences of his son Shenpen Dawa Rinpoche who gives teachings and Wangs there on occasion.

There's also Kundrolling, in NYC and Tselgyar East in Conway MA which are centersof Namkhai Norbu: while he may not be precisely Nyingma he teaches mostly Nyingma practices.

Between Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche's center in upstate NY, Padmasambhava Buddhist Center, and HH Dudjom Rinpoche's own centers he established that Dungse Shenpen Dawa Rinpoche continues to uphold and expand according to his father's wishes the NY area is quite rich with Nyingma activity and we owe HH Dudjom Rinpoche immense gratitude for that!

Contentment is the ultimate wealth;Detachment is the final happiness. ~Sri Saraha